more that l.a. or new york. this is not an esoteric discussion about assault weapons. it happens all the time in city of chicago. we have pull them off all time. >> of the 7400 gups off chicago's streets last year, 300 or 4% were assault weapons. some in illinois want less focus on weapons. more on potential shooters. >> the overreaching broad gun control proposals that we're seeing do not to address the mental elliott issue. it does nothing the address the criminal issue. it really doesn't. >> former state lawmaker and prosecutor, cook county sheriff tom darden says if they want to make a debt in gun crime, prosecute more of them. >> the criminals know the penalty. you talk to them, and we do, they know absolutely if you are going federal on this case, we have problems. if it's a state case, we'll figure that out. a year or two. >> now, getting new gup control legislation passed even in a blue state like illinois can be tough. last week the jep assembly met in special session and couldn't find the vote for its own assault weapons ban even with democrats in control of